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- Patent Title: Extended field-of-view x-ray imaging using multiple x-ray sources and one or more laterally offset x-ray detectors
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Application No.: US17368539Application Date: 2021-07-06
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Publication No.: US11666293B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Matthew Jacobson , Ross Berbeco
- Applicant: THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC. , DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MA Boston
- Assignee: THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC.,DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
- Current Assignee: THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC.,DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Boston; US MA Boston
- Agency: Quarles & Brady LLP
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00 ; A61B6/03 ; A61N5/10 ; G06T11/00 ; G01T1/20 ; G01T1/202

Abstract:
Extended field-of-view imaging is enabled by combined imaging with a kilovolt (“kV”) x-ray source and a megavolt (“MV”) x-ray source, in which at least one of the corresponding x-ray detectors is laterally offset from the target isocenter by an amount such that the x-ray detector does not have a view of the target isocenter. This scan geometry enables the reconstruction of non-truncated images without resorting to the more expensive solution of outfitting the imaging or radiotherapy system with enlarged x-ray detectors.
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